Flatwounds for a six-string

noelpaz · #1 05-11-2005, 10:57 PM

Just got a Made in Japan Yamaha TRB-6P. Was cheap and I got it reluctantly. Can you get flatwounds for 6 strings. I don't know if my bass is 35 scale. My local music store does not carry them.

Thanks

**embellisher** · #2 05-11-2005, 11:01 PM

Somebody in the Strings forum probably knows. Moved.

Josh Curry · #3 05-11-2005, 11:49 PM

Carvin sells a 6-string set of flats. I've got a barely used set, but they we're on a 34" scale fretless. I could sell them to you cheap, but I have no idea if they'll fit on your 35", if in fact it is 35". I usually cut them so they only wrap 1 1/2 times around the post.

But anyway, check out the Carvin site.

Bassline_Delux · #4 05-12-2005, 05:17 AM

TI Jazz Flats for a sixer !

James Hart · #5 05-12-2005, 05:25 AM

I use both SIT and D'Addario groundwounds on my 6

Flatwound · #6 05-12-2005, 09:53 AM

noelpaz, measure from the nut of your bass to the 12th fret. If your measurement is 17", your bass has a 34" scale. If the measurement is 17-1/2", the scale is 35". That said, I think those TRB's are 35", which makes it somewhat harder to find strings. I have Carvin flats on my 34" Tobias, and the silk clears the nut by about 1/4" on the B string, so it would probably overhang the nut on your bass.

If it's 35", the TI flats will also overhang the nut I believe, at least on the B string.

Usually you can call LaBella on the phone, and talk to a real live person. They could probably tell you if their strings will fit right.

Actually, as I'm typing this, I just remembered Status Graphite. They also have flatwound strings, and list a "speaking length" of 37-3/8" inches, which would probably work pretty well on a 35" bass. www.status-graphite.com.

noelpaz · #7 05-12-2005, 07:37 PM

Thanks -- I did not do the 12 fret to nut measurement but from the bridge and I have a 34. Where is the best place to get Labella or TI strings. I really like flatwounds as I want to get away from the guitar like tone on the high frets